abominable

[ uh-bom-uh-nuh-buhl ]
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adjective
  1. repugnantly hateful; detestable; loathsome: an abominable crime.

  2. very unpleasant; disagreeable: The weather was abominable last week.

  1. very bad, poor, or inferior: They have abominable taste in clothes.

Origin of abominable

1
1325–75; Middle English <Latin abōminābilis, equivalent to abōminā() to pray to avert an eventuality, despise as a bad omen, abhor (see ab-, omen) + -bilis-ble

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Other words from abominable

  • a·bom·i·na·ble·ness, noun
  • a·bom·i·na·bly, adverb
  • su·per·a·bom·i·na·ble, adjective
  • su·per·a·bom·i·na·ble·ness, noun
  • su·per·a·bom·i·na·bly, adverb

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How to use abominable in a sentence

  • "And he's abominably rude," she went on, with a sudden return of pettishness.

    Tristram of Blent | Anthony Hope

British Dictionary definitions for abominable

abominable

/ (əˈbɒmɪnəbəl) /


adjective
  1. offensive; loathsome; detestable

  2. informal very bad, unpleasant, or inferior: abominable weather; abominable workmanship

Origin of abominable

1
C14: from Latin abōminābilis, from abōminārī to abominate

Derived forms of abominable

  • abominably, adverb

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